A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act JACKSON, Miss. -- A ...

This story appears in the December 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. For cartographers and cartophiles, Harold Fisk’s 1944 maps of the lower Mississippi River are a seminal work. In the ...

A federal court says Republican legislators diluted Black voter strength. New maps may help Democrats break the G.O.P. supermajority in Jackson on Nov. 4. A federal court says Republican legislators ...

More than 30 U.S. states have a hands-free driving law making it illegal for all drivers to use handheld cellphones while operating a vehicle, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association ...

HERNANDO, Miss. - DeSoto County Schools parents aren't just angry, they're worried about their children's safety. Parents told FOX13 they can't feel safe knowing a board member showed support of a ...

Five people have been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, officials said. Teviyon L. Powell, 29; William Bryant ...

At least three shootings across Mississippi this weekend, all apparently connected to high school football games, left several people dead, including an expectant mother, and others injured. Four ...

Need to know how many sex offenders live near you? There are a few ways to find out, and the state makes it easy to get updates. In Mississippi, that information can be looked up through a state ...

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding that the map dilutes the power of Black voters.U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled the map, which ...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its election map used in voting for state supreme court justices after finding the current one dilutes the power of Black voters in ...

Mississippi Supreme Court Map Violates Voting Rights Act, Judge Rules JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map ...